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Not-for-Profit Articles of Incorporation

Guidelines

The corporation name may include one of the following words or abbreviations: Corporation, Company, Incorporated, Limited, Corp., Co., Inc. or Ltd.

The corporation must appoint a registered agent who has a business address within the State of Illinois. A post office box cannot be the registered address.

Pursuant to Section 108.10 of the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, the board of directors of a not-for-profit corporation shall consist of three or more directors. You may list between three and seven directors on the Articles of Incorporation.

The purpose of the corporation must be selected among the 33 purposes listed in Section 103.05(a) of the General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act. You may choose more than one of the allowable purposes from the list of the purposes allowed under Section 103.05(a).

You must file the Articles of Incorporation on paper in order to include additional provisions.